Originally Posted by
Spanish eyes
Maybe not the right forum for my comment but air travel was one of the biggest contributors to global warming and it was growing fast. Most people don't care as long as they can get a cheap flight. Maybe this will give the world a chance to catch its breath.
Wrong.
Just for a bit of context - the Greta generation loves its social media. Nothing sums them up better than turning up at some protest and posting a picture to Insta (or whatever) with some pouting snowflakes under '#saving the planet' or some such crap. Or simply posting a meaningless photo of a plate of food to the cloud. So where is 'the cloud'? The cloud is a massive network of physical data warehouses that use VAST amounts of energy. Already some estimates put the global CO2 contribution from the cloud at more than 4% and growing exponentially. Aviation's 2% seems modest by comparision....and why does no-one mention the contribution from the world's shipping fleets that not only emit CO2 but also filthy black soot and other noxious fumes as well? This doesn't even include dumping vitually all their crap overboard or washing out empty tanks whilst out of sight on the high seas.
Frankly aviation's 'sins' are relatively light weight compared to some of man's other activities.